1940: When twenty-one-year-old Nita Bineham is offered the chance of independence away from the high walls of her family's Surrey estate she grasps it with both hands. But her new role at a local newspaper coincides with the emergence of a sinister rumour in their quiet village: that there is a traitor in their midst. Nita is determined to prove herself by uncovering the truth but is she prepared for revelations that could change her life forever? 2008: Following the death of her great aunt Beth flees London for the privacy of rural Surrey. Within the confines of her family's dilapidated manor house she hides from the dual wreckage of her career and her marriage. But when her aunt's dying words lead her to a stack of old newspaper articles Beth finds herself drawn into a decades old mystery: about a long-buried secret and an enemy dangerously close to home.